Mobility and safety for elderly (MoSi)©, a new intervention to improve mobility and gait in elderly people;Mobilität und Sicherheit im Alter (MoSi)© - ein neues Trainingsprogramm zur Verbesserung der Mobilität und Gangsicherheit bei Senioren

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-364

  Bauer, Christoph ^a   Rietsch, Christine ^a   Gröger, Ines ^a   Gassmann K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Fall; Group Exercises; Intervention; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350116660     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-008-0011-7     Document Type: Article

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